794 SCROPHULARIACEAE., | Veronica. 
20. V. Lewisii J. B. Armstr. in Trans. N.Z. Inst, xii (1881) 357. 
—A handsome closely branched erect shrub 3-6ft. high; branches 
stout, terete, clothed with short and fine greyish - white pubescence. 
Leaves pale-green, spreading, shortly petiolate, 1}-25in. long, #-1 in. 
broad, oblong or elliptic-oblong, acute or subacute, rounded or truncate 
or subcordate at the base, coriaceous, glabrous above, midrib often 
puberulous beneath, margins edged with a soft white pubescent line. 
Racemes near the tips of the branches, short and stout, 2-24in. long, 
lin. diam., dense-flowered ; rhachis, pedicels, and bracts finely pubescent, 
Flowers large, din. diam. or even more, pale-blue. Calyx 4-partite ; 
segments ovate-oblong, acute, ciliolate. Corolla with a short and broad 
funnel-shaped tube and large spreading 4-lobed limb; dorsal and lateral 
lobes subequal, anterior rather smaller. Capsule 4in. long, ovate, acute, 
compressed, about twice as long as the calyx.—Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. 
(1906) 506. WAI MO-Cavt, 4-719$5:98 
SoutH IsLtanp: Canterbury—Downs near the sea in the south of the province, 
J.B, Armstrong ! near Timaru, Buchanan / | 
Hasily distinguished by the softly pubescent branches, pale-green leaves with a 
pubescent margin, and short broad racemes with very large flowers. Although I have 
seen specimens said to have been collected near the sea in the vicinity of Timaru, I am 
somewhat doubtful as to their origin, and ‘suspect some mistake. It is commonly 
cultivated in gardens, and may be of hybrid origin. 
P. Wa 
21. V. chathamica Buch. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. vii (1875) 338, t. 18, 
f. 1—A prostrate or trailing shrub, with much-branched stems 6-18 in. 
long; branches numerous, terete, sparingly softly pubescent or almost 
glabrous. Leaves usually close-set, spreading, sessile or very shortly 
petiolate, $-lin. long, elliptic or elliptic-oblong, obtuse or subacute, 
flat, subcoriaceous, glabrous or nearly so. Racemes several towards 
the tips of the branches, peduncled ; flowering portion 4-1 in. long and 
almost as broad, broadly oblong, obtuse, dense-flowered ; rhachis, pedicels, 
and bracts pubescent, the latter equalling or exceeding the pedicels. 
Flowers $-j{in. diam., purple. Calyx deeply 4-partite; segments ovate- 
lanceolate, acute. Corolla-tube short, not much longer than the calyx; 
limb 4-lobed; dorsal and lateral lobes nearly equal, anterior smaller. 
Capsule about $in. long, ovate, subacute, compressed, about twice as 
long as the calyx.—J. B. Armstr. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xiii (1881) 351; 
LT. Kirk om Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxviii (1896) 528: OCheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. 
(1906) 507. aT ie ie : 
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Var. Coxiana, Cheesem. — Branches stouter, suberect. Leaves rather larger and 
more distant, 1-1} in. long, obovate-oblong or elliptical, rounded at the apex, almost 
membranous, softly pubescent on both surfaces. Corolla-tube rather longer. — 
V. Coxiana 7’. Kirk in Trans, N.Z, Inst. xxviii (1896) 529. 
CHATHAM IsLANDS: Not uncommon on rocks near the sea, H. H. Travers! 
FP. A, D. Cox! Cockayne ! 
A well-marked species, easily recognized by the trailing or prostrate habit and 
short broad very obtuse racemes. Mr. Kirk distinguished his V. Coxiana mainly by 
the softer and more herbaceous habit and more pubescent leaves and _ branches, 
characters which entirely break down when a large suite of specimens is examined, 
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22. V. acutifiora Benth. in DC. Prodr. x (1846) 460.—A small erect 
sparingly branched shrub; branches slender, terete, glabrous or the 
ultimate ones very minutely puberulous. Leaves sessile, spreading, 
2—-3in. long, §-+in. broad, linear-lanceolate, narrowed to an obtuse tip, 
